These clashes are never about the winners. Yes, GoT is much more complex than A vs. B. It’s also just one franchise, not two pitted against one another. There are differences to the formula, but the writers still have the same job: To entertain you.
So, let’s say you’re having some friends over for board game night. What’s the more entertaining ending? One player moving their pawn or point-tracker to the end and shouting “I win,” or seeing that guy you invited out of obligation get so mad that he flips the board off the table?
This game won’t have a winner. It will be broken in a way that no one can ever play it again. I’m not talking about the “everyone dies” scenario. After all, when that guy flips the board off the table and sends pieces clinking to the floor, the players are still standing around in awkward silence, wondering if its too late to get a quick Settlers of Catan in.